There is a letter and number before each question. Find the cabinet or display with the same letter and number. Here you will find the answer. Look at the back page to find the words in English. Enter the answers on the lines ________________ or in the boxes.
(H= heath and sand, F= wetlands, W= forest, L= farmlands, D= village and town, G= geology, S= special subjects)
R A L L Y
through the Natural History Museum
for visitors aged 9 - 99
Letters in the numbered boxes in bold type will be needed at the end to find the solution (in English).
H9 What is wrong about this picture?
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F2 Something is wrong about this Great Crested Grebe.
What is it? Put a circle around the part which does not belong to it.
Look for the animal to which it really does belong.
(You do not need to look far.) Enter the name of this animal.
W5 To answer the next two questions, go to the bird song switchboard in front of the woodland display.
What bird makes a sound which would be good in a horror movie?
Woodpeckers (Spechte) are known for their drumming noise. Although it can drum if it wants to, one of the three kinds of woodpeckers on display does not.
What is its name?
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Naturkundemuseum im Marstall
Im Schloßpark 9, 33104 Paderborn-Schloß Neuhaus, Tel.: 05251 / 88 1052 open: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 18.00, closed on Monday
W3 What leaves these tracks? Write down its name.
S4+ S5 What birds do these wings belong to?
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D4 Who is feeding the young Cuckoo?
Now from the answers you have found, enter the letters from the boxes in bold type, according to their number in the boxes below.
G16 What creature has crept into this picture of the cretaceous sea.
In those days (about 100 - 65 million years ago) that creature did not yet exist.
What species is it?
G13 What kind of stone is very hard and has particularly sharp edges?
Stone age people used pieces of this stone to make scrapers and spear heads.
G1 How many steps lead upstairs?
The stairs symbolize a long period of 570 Million years (from the palaeozoic to the cenozoic age) Approximately how many years does each step represent?
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When you have finished the rally, you can collect a small certificate from the front desk.
well done
ANIMALS and STONES in ENGLISH
Here you will find a list of some of the creatures and stones in the museum together with their name in English.
Among these you will find the solutions.
Amsel...BLACKBIRD Bachstelze...WHITE WAGTAIL Birkhahn...BLACK GROUSE Dachs...BADGER
Eichhörnchen...RED SQUIRREL Eisvogel... KINGFISHER Erdkröte... COMMON TOAD Fasan...PHEASANT Feldhase...BROWN HARE Feldlerche... SKYLARK Feuerstein...FLINTSTONE Fischotter... OTTER Fischadler... OSPREY Fuchs...FOX
Goldammer... YELLOWHAMMER Grasfrosch... COMMON FROG Großer Brachvogel... CURLEW
Großtrappe... GREAT BUSTARD Grünspecht... GREEN WOODPECKER Haubentaucher... GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Heidschnucke... HEIDSCHNUCKE (a local breed of sheep) Igel... HEDGEHOG
Kalkstein... LIMESTONE Kiebitz... LAPWING Kormoran... CORMORANT Mäusebussard... BUZZARD Mensch... HUMAN
Misteldrossel...MISTLE THRUSH Moorfrosch...MOOR FROG Nachtigall... NIGHTINGALE Rotkehlchen...ROBIN Rotwild... RED DEER Sandstein...SANDSTONE Teichrohrsänger... REED WARBLER Uhu... EAGLE OWL Waldkauz... TAWNY OWL Waldmaus...WOOD MOUSE Wildschwein...WILD BOAR Zilpzalp...CHIFFCHAFF
The Rally was written by a study group of teachers from schools in Paderborn.
Translation in English: Frau Franziska Thiede.
